What is an emblem?

[Mary]

In my Ubuntu Mate 16.04 I can put emblems on both the files and the folders.
I can do this by dragging it from the side panel or by checking in properties.

[fixit7]

Thanks.

It’s not a big deal.

[BrokenCanoe]

Folders is also same as directories ?

Generally, a directory will refer to all of the contents within a folder. A folder is the actual container.

[fixit7]

I come from a Windows background.

[monsta]

Except in Mate there’s no dragging and dropping emblems, and there’s no editor.

I’ve tried to bring some clarity to it in this post:

Change Caja Background

In 16.10 this feature was broken, so a patch was added to remove the menu item for it. In 17.04 it should work, but nobody removed the patch, so still no menu item In 17.10 @Wimpy finally removed the patch (as I see in this commit). The dialog is still buggy though. You'll need to resize it after every switch between categories on the left pane, otherwise it becomes empty. We still have the bug report open because of it:

[BrokenCanoe]

I come from a Windows background.

Okay, so to explain the concept further to you, without using diagrams, an example of a directory from your Windows background could be ;

C:\Users\Fixit7\Documents…

where that path contains other files and folders.

An example of a folder might be ;

“C:\Users\Fixit7\Documents\Work”

where “Work” is a specific folder that contains content. The reason why there’s a difference is because that folder doesn’t actually have to point to your local PC, it might be a resource on another computer completely. Control Panel is another example of a folder that references items that aren’t specific to a location.

So while Folders and Directories are often used interchangeably, there is a difference
Keep on learning There’s something new out there every day!

[fixit7]

Thanks for the explanation.

It is fun learning new things.

[Mary]

Thanks,
I also thought they were synonymous.

[tiox]

No, the pedant in me wants to slap you right now. That’s Cinnamon.

Mint also makes a variant of their system using the MATE desktop and aside from folder colours being better integrated in the context menu there’s nothing terribly different about Mint’s implementation of Caja beyond the superficial.